Kevin Alejandro

Actor

Birthday April 7, 1976

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

Age 47 years old

Nationality United States

Height 6′ 0″

#10849 Most Popular

1976

Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American actor and film director.

He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the TNT crime drama Southland, Forklift Mike in the NBC series Parenthood, Jesús Velázquez in the HBO supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in The CW superhero series Arrow and as detective Daniel Espinóza in the Fox/Netflix supernatural comedy-crime drama Lucifer.

Alejandro was born in San Antonio, Texas to Mexican parents.

He was featured on the ABC series Ugly Betty, playing Santos, the father of Justin Suarez and love interest of Hilda.

At the time of the season 1 finale episode's filming, he had just become a series regular on the Fox network's newly introduced Drive, since cancelled.

He was a featured player in the second season of the Showtime original series Sleeper Cell, playing Benito Velasquez, and also played Dominic Hughes in The Young and the Restless.

2006

In 2006, he appeared in the NCIS episode "Driven" as character Jamie Jones.

He made an appearance, along with fellow Ugly Betty actor Eric Mabius, in the CSI: Miami episode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler in HBO's Big Love.

He appeared on an episode of Charmed season 7 as Malvock, a cunning demon.

He also appeared in the first few episodes of 24's fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also stars with Tony Plana, fellow Ugly Betty actor.

Alejandro was a regular on the now defunct drama Shark as Deputy District Attorney Danny Reyes.

and had a small role on The Cleaner, an A&E television series.

2009

Alejandro appeared in the movie Crossing Over, which was released in February 2009, alongside Harrison Ford.

He played Detective Nate Moretta in Southland, produced by Emmy Award winner John Wells.

Southland was canceled by NBC Broadcasting just two weeks prior to the première of the show's sophomore run, but was then picked up by the cable network TNT.

Alejandro appeared in the TV series The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 17 as Victor Bandino.

He had a role in Weeds, seasons 4 and 5.

Drop Dead Diva's Season 1 Episode 5 also features Alejandro as the wrongfully convicted Michael Fernandez.

He appeared on Season 1 of Sons of Anarchy as one of the Mayan MC members, son of Marcus, the MC's president.

Alejandro stars in the third and fourth seasons of the vampire series True Blood as Jesús Velázquez.

2011

In 2011, he appeared in the movie Red State, opposite John Goodman and directed by Kevin Smith, as well a horror film Cassadaga.

2013

He also played Tony Arroyo, a homicide detective in the 2013 television show Golden Boy.

Alejandro portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the ABC / A&E series The Returned.

In 2013, Alejandro joined the CW series Arrow as Sebastian Blood/Brother Blood, recurring throughout the show's second season.

2016

In January 2016, he began his role on the Fox TV series Lucifer as LAPD Homicide Detective Daniel Espinoza.

Lucifer ran for three seasons before being by Fox and subsequently picked up by Netflix for a fourth, fifth and sixth season.

Alejandro directed several episodes in the later seasons of the show.

2018

The episode "Once Upon a Time" (an alternate reality film noir black and white stylised episode) which was intended to be aired in the series' fourth season but instead aired as a bonus episode on May 28, 2018 after the third season had concluded.

He also directed the season 5 episode "Spoiler Alert", and in an interview with Tell-Tale TV, he confirmed he directed the season 6 premiere.